Comments on: Climbing in Joshua Tree

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:50:36 +0000

Thanks Jim, I appreciate it!

By: Jim Goldstein

Jim Goldstein — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:40:20 +0000

I saw this mentioned on Twitter and kept it bookmarked to comment. Amazing scene. The vast landscape paints a stark contrast to the scale of the hiker with in it. Beautiful capture.

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:07:33 +0000

Thanks Michael. Dang, you climbed some hard stuff! Great spot – nice views and afternoon sun.

By: Michael E. Gordon

Michael E. Gordon — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:00:39 +0000

Checked my guides, Ron, and indeed, it is The Talking Fish (5.10d). Have not climbed it, but have done routes to either side of it.

Let me know if you need more formations clarified

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:53:37 +0000

MG, you know your Joshua Tree rock! I’m not surprised.

I spent the last hour pouring over maps and searching the internet to figure it out. I needed to know for key-wording purposes, and you had me curious.

You were right. This is Upper Freeway Wall in the Lost Horse area off the Lost Horse Road. I believe the route Earnest is on is the Talking Fish, but I’m not a 100% on the route identification. He returns to Switzerland in a month, I’m sure he can tell me for sure, but I like to double check.

Thanks MG!

By: Michael E. Gordon

Michael E. Gordon — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:37:38 +0000

Hmm… you sure about Hemingway Buttress, Ron? I looked at Ernest’s site, and with the road that close to the crag, it cannot be Hemingway. I’m thinking it’s one of the crags off of Lost Horse Road.

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:38:50 +0000

Thanks!

MG. This was on the Hemmingway Buttress. It was a short walk off a dirt road just a bit West of Hidden Valley. It seemed like the name of this route had something to do with dead fish if I remember correctly.

By: Michael E. Gordon

Michael E. Gordon — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:25:07 +0000

Cool image, Ron, but I’m having a hard time determining where this is! Lost Horse area? Freeway Wall?

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:43:14 +0000

I would love to get down to JTree to climb someday… beautiful territory!

By: Andrei Barbu

Andrei Barbu — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:36:12 +0000

Great image, beautiful light and colors!

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:13:59 +0000

Yep, this was a poor attempt at HDR – I don’t have Photomatrix with me on the road so I used CS4. I look forward to redoing it once I’m hom.

By: John E.

John E. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:34:30 +0000

HDR I presume? If not then you did a great job of getting rid of the grad ND line.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:21:09 +0000

Thanks Carl!

Thanks Dan. They were prepared to hang ropes and have me repel into position, but I was able to get into this spot, along with a few others without ropes, so I did that instead – have me more flexibility.

By: Dan Creighton

Dan Creighton — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:55:36 +0000

Nice. Were you hanging off the rocks yourself or just had a good solid vantage point to work from? Looks like an adventure either way.

By: Carl D

Carl D — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:18:53 +0000

Hey Ron,

Awesome. It’s not often we see climbing photos in this kind of light. I’m looking forward to seeing more.

Cheers

Carl